The behavior of most lower animals – insects, reptiles, amphibians, most rodents and birds is instinctive and unaffected by learning.
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For the first week of life, a baby sees nothing but a gray blur regardless of what he looks at.
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False
A child learns to talk more quickly if the adults around the child habitually repeat the word he or she using the proper pronunciation.
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False
The best way to get a chronically noisy down and pay attention is to punish him or is trying to say,
school child to settle her.
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False
No reputable psychologists takes seriously such irrational phenomena as ESP, hypnosis, or the bizarre mental and physical achievements of Eastern yogis.
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False
Highly intelligent people – “geniuses” – tend to be physically frail and socially isolated.
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False
On the average, you cannot predict from a person’s grades at school and college whether he or she will do well in a career.
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False
Most national and ethnic stereotypes are completely false.
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False
In small amounts, alcohol is a stimulant.
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False
LSD causes chromosome damage.
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False
The largest drug problem in the United States, in terms of the number of people affected, is marijuana.
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False
Psychiatry is a sub division of psychology.
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False
Most mentally challenged people are also mentally ill.
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False
A third or more of the people suffering from severe mental disorders are potentially dangerous.
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False
Electroshock therapy is an outmoded technique rarely used in today’s mental hospitals.
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False
The more severe the disorder, the more intensive the therapy required to cure it; for example, schizophrenics usually respond best to psychoanalysis.
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False
Quite a few psychological characteristics of men and women appear to be inborn; in all cultures for example, women are more emotional and sexually less aggressive than men.
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False
Slow learners remember more of what they learn than fast learners.
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False
Most developmentally disabled people also have psychological disorders.